New Ulm weekly review., 1887-11-16
THE DOCTORS REPORT.

THE DOCTORS REPORT.
Detailed Results of the Observations of the
Medical Men-A Quiet Dispersal-Fischer's
Autograph.
CHICAGO, Nov. ll.-Considerable interest
attaches to the observations taken BY the
doctors after the drop fell The following is
their report:
Pulses of Spies, Engel. Fischer and Parsons
after the drop: First minute-Spies, 1l9: Par
sons, go: Fischer, 81: EngeI. GO; Second min
ute-Spies, lO4; Fischer, 9S; Engel 90: Par
sons. 100: Two and one-half minutes after the
drop.spies, half minute. 81: Fischer, "a; En-
gel. 3s: Parsons heavy respiration and convuI-
slye pulse, which could not be counted.
three minutes after drop-Spies, half
Parsons. convulsive jerking and twitch-
Three and half minutes after drop: Spies.
half minute. z6: (no report as to the others.
-Four For a minutes Spies, half.minnte. %: Fischer,
and half minutes: Spies, half-ninute. 20:
Fischer, Fl rate per minute, 43: Engel per minute.
50: Parsons, no report by doctofs. Five min
ntes: Spies, half f-minute, 10: Fischer, 2l;
coming steadier. Five and a half minutes:
SR.ef SR 1 nj s9 In very faint Fischer.
Six minutes. SDles quarter-minute. l6. Fischer,
half-minute. 81 Engel. 30: Parsons convulsive.
immediately after the close Of the sixth minute
Dr. Mover announced that he was unable to feel
anv pulse in Spies wrist Six and one-half
minutes, Fischer, half-minute, 27: Engel, so;
alf-minnte, 81: Parsons pulse no longer per-
ceptible: Engel, not stated Seven and one-half
minutes after drop, Fischer. %; no pulse per-
ceptible in the others.
Seven minutes and fOrty-five seconds after
the condemned dropped Fischer's pulse was
declared to have ceased. The hands were
visible and could be seen to have turned ex-
tremely purple. Those of Engel and Fischer
were darker in shade than the hands of Spies
and Parsons. Upon the expiration of eleven
and half minutes after the drop fell, Dr.
Meyer announced that Fischers pulse had re-
sumed its action at the rate of 60 per minute.
The other physicians felt for the pulse, but
none of them could discover any, and stated
what appeared to Or. Meyer pulsation was
simply the convulsive motions of tensions
COULDN'T ENDURE THE SIGHT
Many of the spectators turned their heads
at the fatal instant but experienced eyes
saw that the body of Spies struggled fear
fully at first Fisher did not move for mo-
ment or two, and then he hung limp, but
struggled for few moments, during which
his cowl was disarranged, exposing part of
his face until the body was turned around by
tie physician who was examining the pulse.
Engle's body made scarcely mo-
ton after it had fallen. When Parsons
body fell it remained stationary
for some moments. Then the head nodded
back and forth while the upper portion of
the body was convulsed, the bosom heaved
SO hard that it seemed as il it would burst
through the shroud. With another violent
throw of the whole body the contest between
life and death ended. AS soon as the doctors
had declared the four men to be dead, those
who had witnessed the execution began to
depart in a most orderly manner in great
contrast to previous occasions of similar
character. It was wonderful to
note how quickly the excitement
which had filed the Jail all the
morning calmed down. The 200 prisoners
confined in the place who had been in fever
all during the tragic event of the day, re-
gained their usual spirits. They crack
jokes from cell to cell, and as they had had
nothing to eat since breakfast they soon be-
gan to yell for soup. The spectators who
had witnessed the hanging walked rapidly
out of the inclosure, and the weary deputies
went to dinner. the only ones left in the
jail office being the press representatives
WITHOUT DISTURBANCE.
Curious police officials walked into the Jail
to learn how the execution had been pro-
ceeded with, and were in turn questioned
as to how the citizens outside had acted
There was absolutely no trouble" one and
all replied The sentences of the courts
were carried out in the presence of less than
a tenth of the crowds present at hang
ings in Chicago, and this. too, in
the face of to-day's proceedings which
were of world wide interest Great credit
should be given to Sheriff Mattson for
arranging and conducting the proceedins in
SO orderly and so gentle a manner Many
people displayed autographs OF the dead
Fischer, which he had written during the
morning. It was estimated that he had
made fifty of them in all They all read
alike and were couched in the following
words:
anarchy is liberty.
Cook county Jail. Nov. 1ss7- :
THE FORMAL RECORD
], Canute r. Matson, sheriff OF Cook county,
ILL.,, do hereby certify that on the 11th day OF
o'clock in the forenoon and A o'clock in the
afternoon Of that day. at 81 o'clock in the
forenoon of said day, In the common jail
of said county, did, as sheriff
Fischer. George Ensel and i Albert FIJI Il
Parsons, in conformity with the sentence of the
criminal court OF said county of Cook, in pur-
suance Of the order and Judgment of the su-
division. and entered of record On the l4th day
of September. 1897, and in accordance with the
statutes OK the State OF Illinois in snch cases
made and provided. CANUTE Il MATsoN.
| we. the UNDERSIGNED, who are not relatives OF
the above named Angnst Spies OF others hereby